HomeFull house at APT Philippines II 2019! Every table and every seat was taken at Day 1B of the MAIN EVENT – hosted at Resorts World Manila’s new Grand Wing. Many flags were represented. By the end of the scheduled nine levels of play, the tally was a huge 313 entries with 157 of them through to Day 2. Bagging up the top dog stack of 200,200 was Michael Kim Falcon. Falcon will enter Day 2 as the overall chip leader.
Michael Kim Falcon
Also piling in a big stack was Xing Yu Ren with 172,000. Xing enters Day 2 running second in command.
Xing Yu Ren
Once again there were many APT decorated champions in the field, among them were APT Philippines 2019 defending champion Christopher Mateo and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa (APT Vietnam Main Event 2018). Both players missed the mark in Day 1A but fared better today with chips bagged. Other APT champions making it through were:
Iori Yogo (APT Finale Philippines 2018 Championships Event, APT Korea Incheon 2018 Main Event, & APT Philippines 2018 Championships Event)
Lester Edoc (APT Philippines 2018 Main Event, APT Philippines II 2018 Main Event)
Huu Dung Nguyen (APT Philippines 2017 Championships Event)
Mike Takayama (APT Philippines 2017 Main Event & APT Asian Series Manila 2014 Main Event)
Gerard Bringley (APT Poker Weekend Series Manila 2015 Main Event)
Soo Jo Kim (APT Finale 2016 Main Event)
Joven Huerto (APT Poker Finale 2015 Main Event)
Czardy Rivera (APT Asian Series Manila 2013 Main Event)
Starting days chip counts and Day 2 qualifiers
A total of 219 advancing players will meet on Sunday, September 15 for Day 2. Cards in the air at 1pm. There is still one level left to register, closing at the start of Level 11.